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by lobstrosity420 1011 days ago
> I'm having trouble thinking of a precedent for this - an open source project that has a core API which is effectively a lead generator for their proprietary cloud service.

Is this not Vercel’s entire business model? I don’t think they invented it either.

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I suppose it's a variation on the "freemium" model.